Fodor's may use your email address to send you relevant information on site updates, account changes, and offers. For more information about your privacy and protection, please review our full Privacy Policy.

France Itenerary

I want to go to to Paris, Normandy (and the Bayeau Tapestry), and the Riviera and possibly Loire. How should I plan that? How many days in the cities and what is the best order to go to all the places?

That is too much ground for a 2 week trip. You could easily do Paris with a day trip and the Riviera. You could stretch and do Paris, less of the Riviera and either some time in Normandy or some in the Loire. Doing all of them will mean really seeinng none of them - and spending a good part of your time (as in 5 days) in transit insted of sightseeing.

I would second the other opinions re: time for 3 locations, not 4. I would also add, that if you keep the south on your itinerary, it's worth looking at flights between Paris & the south. They are often cheaper and potentially shorter as well.

I would also ask what time of year you're intending to go. The Riviera during the summer may be more crowded than you're looking for. Intuitively, the south of France seems to be the odd one out. Doing Normandy, Loire, Versailles & Paris is much more do-able from a time & travel perspective.